The Rock Island Argus from Rock Island, Illinois (2024)

SEEK TO SHIFT CITY'S STREET CLEANING WORK Aldermen to Discuss Plan to Place New Responsibility on Health Department. Fireworks are promised at tonight's committee of whole meeting Rock Island city council, the first meeting of this kind In more than a year, when a new scheme for street and alley will be introduced. It becleaning, today that a movement to put the cleaning work under the supervision off the health department, thus removing this responsibility from the street department. One alderman declares that if the change is made an appropriation of $12,000 will be all the money needed to maintain the streets and alleys in a clean condition the whole year. This would mean an expenditure of $1,000 per month on the average.

Most of the fund, however, would be spent in the warmer months and the remainder would be sufficient to continue the work in the winter, though on a smaller scale. The discussion of this proposed change is expected to produce interesting features. Several other matters of major importance are scheduled to be presented by aldermen. It is probable that the council will be asked to decide in what manner it is to dispose of the $12,500 received from the sale of the municipal tubercusanatorium, and also of the slightly smaller amount which. is in the sanatorium fund.

is understood that a majority of the aldermen favor using a portion of money for repairing and remodeling the city hall building. Estimates on the cost of this work have been filed with Mayor W. A. Rosenfleld by the city's building department. Davenport Briefs painters have officers, with E.

A. Briggs, president; D. D. Hewitt, vice president, and G. T.

Hallauer, secretary and treasurer. Among the four recruits secured by the United States navy recruiting station in Davenport was Fred Waldron, 1016 Eleventh avenue, Rock Island, and Arthur M. Nelson, 1915 West First street, Davenport. The other two reside out of the tricities. John Hogue, 42 years old, of Detroit, is being held in the Davenport city jail as a suspect in the Clinton, Iowa, robbery case in which Mrs.

V. A. Shallene, formerly of Moline, was beaten and mauled by an unIdentified man, who escaped. His IF YOU HAD A NECK A8 LONG AS AND HEFELLOW SORE THROAT THE DOWN TONSILINE The National Sore Throat Remedy SHOULD QUICKLY RELIEVE IT ALL DRUGGISTS Deep Seated Coughs Coughs that stubbornly resist socalled cough syrups, yield almost instantly to Mentho-Kreoamo (M-K) which has been perfected by an Illinois physician and specialist after 12 years research. Results in hundreds of severe cases have proved that this remarkable new remedy not only loosens and breaks up the cough but controls fever and heals the inflamed membranes, bringing prompt and blessed relief to the sufferer.

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Funeral services in the home will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock for Miss Sarah Braithwaite, 80 years old, and a resident of Dayenport years, who died at her home, 1408 Farnam street. She had been ill a long time. She was born in England, Jan. 3, 1846. Pesek, 21, residing near Fenno's crosssing, was cut and bruised about the head and body when his auto was demolished in a head-on collision with a Bettendorf line street car on River drive near a point known as Johnson's switch.

Mrs. Yvonne Hileman, who cused her husband, Louis, of being cruel to her, and Ira Edgar O'Dell, who charged his wife, Claudine Helen O'Dell with desertion, have been awarded divorces in District Judge W. W. Scott's court. The addition to Davis Hall, the new dormitory for students at St.

Ambrose college, is rapidly nearing completion. In another month it will be ready for occupancy and the college students who have been living in St. Ambrose hall and residences in the neighborhood of the college will be removed to their new quarters. Mrs. Clara 0.

Curtis of Monona, Iowa, mother of Mrs. A. G. Bush of Davenport and daughter of one of the pioneer settlers of Iowa, died at her home yesterday. Mr.

and Mrs. A. G. Bush left for Monona yesterday afternoon to attend the funeral service. Mrs.

Curtis was 78 years old. Blaming his 80-year-old motherin-law for disruption of peace and in his home, Edward Strohbeen, a resident of LeClaire, fled suit for divorce charging his wife, Vitula Strohbeen, with cruel treatment. Approximately 6,000 owners of automobiles in Davenport and Scott county have. failed to pay their 1927 license fees, according to figures made public by the motor registration bureau in Davenport. A total of 11,700 license plates have been issued since Dec.

1. Be Sure To Hear All the latest hits on "Columbia" "Harmony" RECORDS 'New releases every Thursday at Bowlby's Music House 1600 Block emmm Greater Le CLAIRE Direction A. H. Blank Friday and Saturday The great laugh riot. "Kosher Kitty Kelly" with Viola Dana Vera Gordon and Nat Carr Also Radio Detective" Same Popular Prices Starting Sunday "TIN HATS" with Conrad Nagel, Bert Roach and Claire Windsor SPENCERI NOW! ENDS TOMORROW Ken Maynard Che OVERLAND With Kathleen STAGE Collins Hop aboard "The Overland Stage" for the thrill of a life time- It's loaded with the kind of stuff that people walk miles to see.

-COMING SUNDAYCorinne Griffith in "Lady in Ermine" OF AUGUSTANA IS RATED AT TOP College Fearbook Selected for AllAmerican Rank by Minneapolis Press Association, Football players are not the only winners of all-American fame, College year-books may also Rocke attain to this distinction. The of FRIDAY-THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS-JANUARY 1927, Augustana college annual, is one of the publications honored recently with this award by the Central Interscholastic Press association of Minneapolis. Wendell Lund of Escanaba, editor of the Augustana Observer, weekly student paper, was editor-in-chief of the 1927 Rockety-I, issued last June. The Augustana college yearbook was entered in the class of and universities, with an college, 1.050 students. The distinction of being named in the All-American class can be claimed by six colleges only out of 489 entries.

The others are the Drift of Butler university, Indianapolis; Pedagog, Southwest Texas State Teachers' college; Sentinel, University of Montana, and Montanan, Montana State college. The awards were made on the basis of divisional ratings as follows: All-American, Arst class. second class, third class and fourth class. Books from every state in the union, Central America and Hawaii were entered in the contest, which is the leading one of Its kind in the country. The Rockety-I previously awarded honorable mention in the Art Craft Guild's national contest for college yearbooks.

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BLANY Today and Saturday A Blue Streak Western ART ACORD IN "LOCO LUCK" Also 2 Reels Comedy 14, 1927. NOW You can buy Hydrox HIGH GRADE PALE DRY Ginger Ale at your favorite store for 5 A HEALTHFUL DRINK FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY You'll be delighted with flavor and quality of this new 5 cent drink, and you'll want a supply in your home at all FOR YOUR HEALTH'S SAKE DRINK CARBONATED BOTTLED BEVERAGES A. D. HUESING Bottling Works 100 14th Street Phone R. I.

338 RIALTO Brotman's THEATRE 624 9th St. Today Harry Langdon -IN'The Strong Man' Our Gang Comedy Saturday LEFTY FLYNN In "SMILING AT TROUBLE" MOLINE Phone Moline 72 NOW PLAYING Palace Players in a 3-act screaming comedy "SOME BABY" Delighting Big Audiences BARGAIN MATINEES Wednesday and Saturday 25c-35c Nites at $5e 50c Reserve Seats in Advance Gernaey's Palace Orchestra Joe's Sack Dance MILAN TOWN HALL Friday Jan. 21 Music by TONY'S IOWANS Everybody Welcome. Good order maintained. Admission: Gents 75c.

Ladles 25c DANCE at WOODMEN HALL Center Station Saturday Evening, Jan. 15 Music by Allred's Musicmakers Admission 50c per couple GRAND THEATRE DAVENPORT Berkell Players Now Playing "Polly Preferred" gay comedy of the movies. Fool IS COMING NEXT. WEEK DANCE At ANDALUSIA SAT. JAN.

15 Minstrel Band (5 Pieces) Admission, Couple LINCOLNI Ave. 38th LEFTY FLYNN in Today, Only "Smilin' At Trouble" "Snowed In," chapter 3 Amateur Contest Starting Saturday HARRY LANGDON STRONG 1000 MAN A Tint Dotional Clumbia Now and All Week CON CHANEY in "Tell It To The Marines" Lon Chaney as hardboiled marine in a great drama of adventure and romance. DON'T FAIL TO See the Mightiest SPECTACLE Cost $4000,000 5 Years in making 150.000 Players THE GREATER The stage greatest of stage. spectacles. Not until you have seen THE GREATER BEN-HUR, can you realize the MAGNIFICENCE and MAJESTY of LEW WALLACE'S IMMORTAL STORY -its POWER to LIFT YOU to new HEIGHTS OF DELIGHT.

Unquestionably the Biggest Show in the World! Special Augmented Symphony Orchestra 3 Days Twice Daily Buy Seats in Advance Starting 2:30 and Monday 8:30 Mat. ARMSTRONG DANCE EAGLES HALL--ROCK ISLAND Saturday Evening, Jan. 15 Auspices of Rock Island Lines Employes Music by Merrymakers Orchestra Admission, 50 lady cents 25 per cents couple..

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